Is APBA2 p.Ala279Val (c.836C>T) pathogenic?

APBA2 p.Ala279Val (c.836C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in APBA2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-08-05). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0872); Very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas).

How common is APBA2 p.Ala279Val (c.836C>T) in the general population?

APBA2 p.Ala279Val (c.836C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about APBA2 p.Ala279Val (c.836C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0872) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

APBA2 p.Ala279Val

c.836C>T · VCV3405039

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0872 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0872	likely benign
REVEL	0.112	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -6.56	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 3.8	GERP -0.94, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	22.2	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean tolerated — a triage signal, not a reclassification

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00223% East Asian · 1/44,882 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000803% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00065%

Overall 0.00118% 19/1,613,182 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	0.00223%	44,882
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	0.00158%	63,296
European (non-Finnish)	0.00136%	73,750
South Asian	0.0011%	91,052

Rarity supports pathogenicity (ACMG PM2); frequency above a disease-specific BA1/BS1 threshold argues against it. A variant frequent in one ancestry group can be near-absent in others, so a single global figure can mislead.

Variant & gene context

Gene: APBA2
Protein: p.Ala279Val
Coding: c.836C>T
MANE Select: NM_001353788
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr15:29054720 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.524 · pLI 0.78 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 59.74
Residue 279: the 'disordered' region

Full APBA2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

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Built on 18 open, versioned datasets — ClinVar, gnomAD, AlphaMissense, REVEL, ClinGen & more — plus Sugi Variant's own cross-source analysis. Source data 2026-01–2026-10, ClinVar 2026-10. Full sources & versions →

Cite Sugi Variant

Gür T. Sugi Variant: A Deterministic Per-Variant Germline Reference from a Knowledge Graph for Humans and AI Agents. 2026. doi:10.5281/zenodo.21509445. This variant: https://sugi.bio/variant/apba2-p-ala279val (accessed [today's date]).

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